Workplace Safety and Insurance Act: Regulation 1101

Regulation 1101 is the regulation under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act that sets the first aid equipment, facilities and trained workers every covered Ontario employer must provide. Section 1 covers the station, the first aid box, the Form 82 notice board and the certified worker in charge of it. Later sections scale the requirement by how many workers are on a shift. Our WSIB compliance page works through the box contents band by band.

Every first aid station must be in the charge of a certified worker who works in the immediate vicinity, at all times when work is in progress. One certificate covers one station on one shift, so a business running two shifts needs at least two certified people. Employers on rotating schedules certify several workers per station so holidays and sick days do not leave a gap.

A standalone CPR/AED certificate does not satisfy Regulation 1101, at any level. The regulation names a first aid certificate: Basic/Emergency First Aid where five workers or fewer are on a shift, Intermediate/Standard First Aid above that. Basic Life Support on its own does not satisfy it either. CPR/AED Level C covers adult, child and infant and is taught inside both first aid courses, so it is part of the certification rather than a substitute for it. See CPR/AED courses if resuscitation training alone is what you need.

Yes — Intermediate First Aid and Standard First Aid are two names for the same 16-hour course. The Canadian Red Cross changed the wording, so older certificates read Standard and newer ones read Intermediate, while Regulation 1101 still uses the older phrasing. Both include CPR/AED Level C, and both are the level the regulation asks for once more than five workers are on a shift. Dates for either sit on the first aid courses page.

Private and group training is for eight or more people training together. Below that number it usually costs less to register your team into a public course, and we run 100+ courses every week across our Ontario facilities. Send the inquiry either way and our team will tell you which route suits the headcount you have.

A Canadian Red Cross instructor comes to the address you choose, with the manikins and the automated external defibrillator trainers. Nobody loses half a day to travel, and you pick the date and the start time. Booking two to three weeks ahead gives the widest choice.

You can also send a group to one of our facilities if your own space will not take a class. Say which you prefer on the inquiry form and a representative replies within 24 hours.

The Canadian Red Cross first aid certificate is valid for three years, and the digital copy is issued within 48 hours of the skills evaluation. Print it for the notice board, where subsection 1(1) asks for the valid certificates of the trained workers on duty. Book a recertification course before the three years are up so the station is never left uncovered.

Studying online on its own does not produce a certificate that satisfies Regulation 1101, because a self-paced module carries no skills evaluation. Your team completes the online portion of the training at home, then attends a shorter in-class session for the practical half, ending in hands-on skills testing with an automated external defibrillator. The certificate issued after that session is the one your station needs.

Coast2Coast is a WSIB-approved training provider and a Top 3 Canadian Red Cross Training Partner. Our first aid courses produce the Canadian Red Cross certificate Regulation 1101 accepts, at both workplace sizes, and your team is assessed against the Canadian Red Cross standard whether they train on our site or yours. Not sure which level you need? The course finder sorts it by job.